USB keyboard built-in USB port won't work

[lightmaster]

I've got a Logitech G110 and on my desktop running Windows Server 2003 x86, whenever I plug a usb drive into the built-in usb port on the keyboard, I get a message saying that the usb power has been exceeded. It happens no matter which usb port I plug my keyboard into, either the front or back ports. The keyboard itself works fine and doesn't throw up any error messages, until I plug a flash drive into the keyboards usb port. However, on my laptop running Windows 8, it works perfectly fine and transfers files to the flash drive just as fast as the laptop's usb ports do. Not really sure what could be going wrong here, so any tips or help would be great. Thanks

[jason2074]

If the keyboard and flash drive is working properly, see this MS Link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835967 on how to turn off USB error messages.

[lightmaster]

If the keyboard and flash drive is working properly, see this MS Link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835967 on how to turn off USB error messages.

On Windows Server, the keyboard's USB port isn't working right, a flash drive plug into it doesn't show up in My Computer or Device Manager. The same flash drive plugged into the computer's onboard USB works fine tho.

[patio]

Then Server doesn't have the drivers installed for the keyboard...

[lightmaster]

I figured since the keyboard shows up as a keyboard in device manager, not unknown device, the computer had a built in driver that was loaded fine. I'm downloading the software from Logitech's website now tho.

[jason2074]

Just founded out this from the logitech site regarding the USB port.

[lightmaster]

Just founded out this from the logitech site regarding the USB port.

Huh, it's weird then that a flash drive works fine on my laptop when plugged into the keyboard's USB port since it would be high powered. But even a mouse still doesn't work on Windows server.

Still downloading the Logitech software, it's a whopping 55MBs just for keyboard software.

[jason2074]

High-power devices, for example some flash drives and high-speed external disk drives, may not work properly.

[lightmaster]

I poked around with the power tab in device manager for the usb hub on the keyboard, and it does say that it only provides 100mA for the port, whereas the flash drive needs 200mA. Without somehow modding the keyboard or something, I guess its not possible to use a flash drive plugged into it.

[patio]

Install the Driver for Server edition...

[lightmaster]

There's no driver on logitech's website specifically for Windows Server 2003 (I installed the Windows XP version) and a quick google search only pulls up a couple of those sites that want you to install their spyware to maybe find your drivers.

[patio]

Then use another port...no driver = no function.

[lightmaster]

Well, the keyboard functions perfectly, including the special buttons and the color changing. The only thing that doesn't work is using the usb port with a flash drive, which is only a convenience, so I'm not too worried about it anymore.

[patio]

It works in a different OS that has driver support...
It doesn't work in Server that has no driver support.
Not sure what the mystery here is at all.